164 Quotes by Sourav Ganguly

I didn't have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I'd played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I had always had an ambition to play the county game in England. And I was a bit jaded. And I didn't do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career.

It's Twenty20, anything can happen in the format. It's very difficult to predict and pick a favourite team in this format.

In life when you get tested, when you get rejected by everyone and when you get pushed aside, you actually get the best out of it. That has been a learning curve for me.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

Captains are always criticised.

I was inspired by the way the Aussies played their cricket. It was no-holds barred. They played to win.

When I first became captain of the Indian cricket team in 2000, many well-wishers and journalist friends gifted me the classic Mike Brearley book, 'The Art of Captaincy.' I mean no disrespect to the book or Mr, Brearley, who I admire a great deal, but books or team meetings don't make you good captains.

My captaincy model was characterised by two distinctive pillars. Proper identification of talent and then ensuring the young finds play fearless cricket.

The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.